Dropped Food Won’t Make You Sick - Probably

posted by KTRH’s Dale Forbis
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2 years ago

You drop your sandwich on the floor, it's okay to eat it if you pick it up in five seconds, right? U.T. Health Sciences Medical School Microbiologist Kevin Morano says it's not about the time, it's about the concentration of bugs. That means it's really about where you drop that food.

“It depends,” Morano says. “If you drop it on a dry floor it's perfectly fine. If you drop it on the bottom of a bathroom stall, I probably wouldn't even go five seconds.”